Fewer than 3 percent of manufacturing units in Bangladesh use computers or information technology (IT) in their production work, according to the latest Economic Census 2024.

The ratio of women engaged in economic units in the country has remained stagnant over the decade to 2024, even though overall economic activities expanded during the period.

The growth in the number of economic units in Bangladesh has slowed over the past decade, primarily due to capital shortages among rural entrepreneurs, according to the latest Economic Census of the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics.

A lack of growth in non-farm activities is to blame for the shrink in job opportunities